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2007 FORWARD
METRO ST. LOUIS AGENDA
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Pass
the Illinois capital budget bill to address growth in Southwestern
Illinois. |
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Eliminate the cap on the Missouri Quality Jobs Act. |
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Support
the sale of the MOHELA assets. |
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Codify existing employment “at-will” statutes with regard
to whistleblower status. |
TRANSPORTATION
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Increase transportation funding to the bi-state region. |
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Complete
a financing plan for Missouri’s portion of the Mississippi
River Bridge. |
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Initiate
a comprehensive transportation funding plan for highways,
roads, and transit. |
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Engage
and educate our elected representatives on the importance
of new transportation revenue as investments in St. Louis’
economic growth. |
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Secure
funding for the Arch Grounds Connector Project to bring together
the central riverfront, Arch Grounds, and downtown. |
BUSINESS GROWTH INCENTIVES
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Raise
the bi-state region’s competitiveness in attracting businesses
and assisting in job creation. |
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Strengthen
proven economic development tax credit programs (i.e. historic
tax credits, brownfields, MO Quality Jobs, IL EDGE). |
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Pursue
innovative investments by State pension funds into Missouri
companies and assets. |
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Fully
fund the Life Sciences Trust Fund to expand Missouri’s plant
and life sciences research and capacity. |
EDUCATION
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Expand opportunities and raise achievement in K-12 education.
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Support
governance reforms and organizations that improve the academic
performance of students in underperforming elementary and
secondary schools and, where necessary, support alternative
delivery systems. |
STRATEGIC BUDGETING
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Encourage
fiscal stewardship of state resources. |
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Direct
Missouri’s budget surplus toward capital projects with tangible,
long-term economic benefits. |
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Oppose
the creation of new, on-going programs. |
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Limitations on stem cell research or attempts to reverse the
protections enacted in the recently-passed Missouri Constitutional
amendment. |
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Medicaid
reform and the shifting of the cost of the uninsured to businesses.
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